Train ride!

Waiting with Daddy for the train~

Cale and Wyatt when we first arrived to get our tickets

Cale's first train ride was yesterday. We took him to Mid Continent Rail Road in North Freedom WI. He was very excited. I think he enjoyed hearing the horns and seeing the trains more than actually riding on the train. It was a bit cold but over all, a fun day!

Some friends of ours went with as well - Josh, Charisse, and Wyatt. Wyatt and Cale were wearing their Thomas the Train shirts and one lady asked us if they were twins. Too funny considering Wyatt is a year younger than Cale, and at least 2 inches shorter!

Cale was so exhausted from the day that he actually slept most of the ride home!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Bowling

We went bowling last weekend. We didn't know what to expect but decided it sounded like fun. Cale was kind of a brat at first when we got there - whiny and saying no to everything. Once we got him fed, he seemed a little better.

I helped Cale pick out his ball - 7 lbs! We had bumper guards and a ramp to give the ball a little umph going down the isle. They even had shoes to fit him! He did pretty good, we only helped him get the ball on the ramp. In the one picture, you'll see scores - Cale's was 84!

There was an arcade at the bowling alley and half way through the second game, we lost him to the video games.

Another week

Not too much new this week. Trying to work with Cale on potty training. He really has no interest in it. I ask him if he wants to use the big boy potty and he says yes, then he cries when I put him on the toilet. He has peed in the toilet once and I thought for sure it was the beginning of something. Nope. He's content to sit in a wet and dirty diaper right now. Any suggestions??

Our poor car is going to need an overhaul soon. It needs shocks and struts we believe, and the transmission cooler lines going into the radiator are leaking and it looks like the only way to fix that is to replace the radiator. Gotta love owning older vehicles. And, we need to figure out a car/truck situation for Jon. He really shouldn't be driving Cale around in the front seat of his truck, even though the air bags are turned off. There is never enough money to solve all of life's problems!

Good news though, I'm starting to exercise again. I haven't really done much the past few months and I can tell and so can the scale! Off to Zumba classes on Wed nights with a friend. Also, we might buy a 3 month gym membership for only $20/each. It's a fundraiser through a girl at work. Might be good for both Jon and I to do something like that for us.

New Year, New Update

Ok, well not really! Cale has been sick for the past week. Took him to the doctor and was diagnosed with an ear and throat infection. He was given 2 medicines. One he likes and the other not so much. How to be smarter than a 2 year old? Mix the 2 meds together and don't tell him, that's how! :)

I feel down our cement basement steps the other night. Landed on my back. It hurt right away so mom-in-law took Cale so I could go to Urgent Care. Jon was working. Good news is nothing is broken or fractured. The bad news is I'm sore and uncomfortable. Jon has been a great help doing laundry and making meals.

It is still cold and snowy here in Wisconsin. Those silly forecasters said this was going to be a cold winter but didn't mention anything about all this snow! We just got 6-8 inches last week and I think we have a chance of snow today 1-2 inches. AWESOME. :(

Trains Trains and More Trains

New Thomas the Train shirt from Santa

Train sets and tracks from Santa that Daddy has to put up in the living room, but were taken down and put back up in Cale's room later.

Jade amungst all the toys

New Thomas the Train pillow

The aftermath

In the middle

At the beginning

Rylee and Uncle Jon

Osh Kosh b'Gosh over alls from Mike and Krisanne

More train engines

Uncle Mike took a picture of trains in Janesville and had it framed. The only colored part is the yellow. Krisanne helped too by putting in the Thomas decorations!

Rylee's new puzzle

Rylee's new favorite shirt

Grandma J and Cale Xmas Eve

Loves black olives

New Tonka Dump Truck from Great Uncle Jim

Airplane from Grandma J

Thomas the Train book from Great Grandma

More trains for the Thomas set

Trains!

Cale in front of the tree at home